The automated salesman machine (asm)/automated electronic trolley (aet)

The system according to apparatus 12, will be compatible with all card system and also have it's own propriety cards. The system according to apparatus 7, has a payment module on it which is also allows as many e-money configured by the shop administrators. For customers who have physical cash, an ‘API’ will be given to cash deposit ‘ATMs’ around the mall which will take the cash and vital customer details like name, email and mobile phone number and give an e-voucher of equivalent cash. The voucher could be in various forms like a receipt with a barcode, pin and serial number and or with mobile phone number for authentication. The system will accept this voucher as e-money and allow customer to purchase items. If there is a balance from the voucher, the ‘ATM’ can be used for withdraw the remaining money. The system according to apparatus 13, 9, 15, 14,16 will automatically enforce all items picked are scanned and accepted before it is allowed into the trolley by the door. Items dropped are cross checked against the known weight. if the weight fails to match with the known weight, the light (17) around the trolley changes to red and customer is also notified on the control board with instructions on how to correct this system check. When the customer finishes shopping and is leaving the shopping area, the geographical locator triggers this information to the control board and the customer is reminded to pay either with the card or the e-voucher. if the customer pays then the light around the trolley will be green, receipt will be printed out and the top of the trolley (automated door) will be opened as long as the trolley does not return into the shopping area but continues to go outside the shop and beyond. if the customer does not comply to the instructions to pay and continues to leave the shopping area, in addition to the red light all around the trolley there will be an increasing beeping sound and the wheels of the trolley will be locked by a trigger activated from the geographical locator (16) as programed into the apparatus 7. Hence the customer cannot push the trolley or open it to take the items out. Based on the configured instructions shop personal will be alert at any point from when the initial red lights was triggered to the automatic stopping or locking of the wheels.